Robert Riojas III

Education

2019-2021 Masters of Fine Arts Candidate, Studio Art Painting and Sculpture Houston Baptist University Houston, Tx

2015-2018 BFA in Painting and Sculpture Texas Southern University: Houston, Tx

Exhibitions

2022 Texas Artist Exhibition; Beeville Art Museum; Beeville, Tx

2022 Conroe Art League Spring Judged Show; 3rd Place for Guardian Sculpture, Conroe, Tx

2021 Art League Houston - Visionaries Exhibition; Houston, Tx

2021 Patton Fine Art Gallery - Fall Exhibit; Houston, Tx

2021  Changarreando Artist of the Month - November, Mexic-Arte Museum; Austin, Tx

2021 Homecoming - 10th Biennial Art Exhibition; Houston, Tx

2021 Hotter ‘N Hell Exhibition; NSU Natchitoches, LA

2021 Latinx In Times of Conflict, Holocaust Museum; Houston, Tx

2021 Conroe Art League Spring Judged Show; Conroe, Tx

2020 Texas Curbside Edition; Beeville Art Museum; Beeville, Tx

2018 Art Crawl; Houston Area Urban League, Tx

2018 Twice Removed, Twice Restored Duo Show; Texas Southern Museum, Tx

2018 The Joy of Music; Downtown City Hall, Houston, Tx

2017 19th Annual City Wide African American Art; Texas Southern Museum, Tx

Commissions

2020 Public Art Commission, Mural, Legacy Community Health Clinic; Houston, Tx

2018 Public Art Commission, Mural, Heritage Society Museum; Houston, Tx

2017 Public Art Commission, Mural, George R. Brown Convention Center; Houston, Tx

2017 Public Art Commission, Mural, Texas Southern University Wellness Center; Houston, Tx

Residencies

2016 Project Row House, Round 44; Houston, Tx

Grants & Awards

2017 Texas Southern University Presidential Scholarship; Houston, Tx

2017 City Wide Award for Visual Arts; Houston, Tx

2017 Midtown Live Art in the Park Award, Houston, Tx

2017 Yale: Summer Teachers Institute in Technical Art History Award; New Haven, Connecticut

2018 Maroon & Gray Artist Scholarship; Houston, Tx

2018 Museum Curatorial & Leadership Award; Nashville, Tennessee

2018 Museum Curatorial & Leadership Award; Crystal Bridges, Arkansas

2019 Museum Curatorial Program Award; Santa Fe, New Mexico